The States Parties to the present Protocol and to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”, adopted by the United Nations Conference
held at Vienna from 2 March to 14 April 1961,
Expressing their wish to establish rules between them concerning acquisition of nationality
by the members of their diplomatic missions and of the families forming part of the
household of those members,
For the purpose of the present Protocol, the expression “members of the mission” shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Article 1, sub-paragraph (b), of the Convention, namely “the head of the mission and the members of the staff of the mission”.
Members of the mission not being nationals of the receiving State, and members of
their families forming part of their household, shall not, solely by the operation
of the law of the receiving State, acquire the nationality of that State.
The present Protocol shall be open for signature by all States which may become Parties
to the Convention, as follows: until 31 October 1961 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of
Austria and subsequently, until 31 March 1962, at the United Nations Headquarters
in New York.
The present Protocol is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall
be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The present Protocol shall remain open for accession by all States which may become
Parties to the Convention. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the
United Nations.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States which may become
Parties to the Convention:
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(a) of signatures to the present Protocol and of the deposit of instruments of ratification
or accession, in accordance with Articles III, IV and V;
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(b) of the date on which the present Protocol will enter into force, in accordance with
Article VI.
The original of the present Protocol, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian
and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all States referred
to in Article III.